This cottage cheese egg bake is has 28 grams of protein per slice and is made with all of your favorite delicious breakfast flavors like eggs, sausage and cheese. It’s the perfect breakfast to meal prep so that busy mornings are a little easier.
This easy cottage cheese egg bake is one of my favorite ways to get ready for the week. It stores and reheats really well so that you’ll have a high protein breakfast ready to go!
It’s also super flavorful and uses all of my favorite simple ingredients for breakfast- eggs, sharp cheddar cheese, turkey sausage and peppers and onions!
Ingredients
- 12 eggs
- 1 lb turkey breakfast sausage ground or removed from casing (or use chopped pre-cooked/frozen)
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 16 oz cottage cheese
- 1.5 cups sharp cheddar cheese shredded
- 1/2 sweet onion diced small
- 1 green bell pepper diced small
- 1 red bell pepper diced small
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium skillet, heat oil on medium heat. Add turkey sausage and cook until completely cooked through, about 10 minutes. Transfer to another dish.
- In the same skillet, add onion, garlic and bell peppers. Sauté on medium heat for 4-5 minutes until veggies are softened. Remove from heat.
- While the sausage and veggie mixture is cooling, make your egg and cottage cheese mixture by combining eggs, cottage cheese, cheddar cheese, and salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Blend using an immersion blender (or use a regular blender instead!).
- Add cooked turkey sausage and veggies to the blended egg and cottage cheese mixture, stirring until fully combined.
- Pour into to a large nonstick or lightly sprayed with oil 9×13″ casserole dish (or a little larger will work too).
- Bake for ~40-50 minutes, until egg and cottage cheese bake is firm in the middle. If the top is browning too much, cover with aluminum foil for the last 10 minutes of baking.
- Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes and then cut into even slices.
Notes
Exact cook time will vary depending on oven.
Course: Breakfast
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 291kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 277mg | Sodium: 777mg | Potassium: 345mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1027IU | Vitamin C: 30mg | Calcium: 213mg | Iron: 2mg